Clasp for documents, &amp;c



'R. GOLD EN.

CLASP FOR DOCUMENTS, &c.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4,1921.

Patented 1300.27, 1921. I

INVENTOR,

ATTORNEY- ROBERT GOLDEN, OF BRUOKLY N, NEW 'YOIRK.

QLASP FOR DOCUMENTS, 850.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that l, Bonner German, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of NewYork, have in vented a new and useful Improvement in- Ul asps forDocuments, &c., of which the'following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in clips or clasps for documents,business cards, etc., and has for its particular objects the provisionof a simple, inexpensive yet effective device for use in connection withdictating machines such for example as are commonly known as Ediphonesor Dictaphones.

I am aware that various spring clasps have been devised for holdingpapers, business cards and other documents, but none of them are capableof use on the container of a dictating or talking machine record in themanner hereinafter described for employing my improved clasp.

In the accompanying drawings in which is illustrated a preferredembodiment of my improved clasp,

Figure 1 is a front elevation.

Fig. 2 a side elevation of such clasp in position on a cylindricalrecord container, and

Fig. 3 a perspective view of such clasp, isolated.

Referring to the drawings and the construction shown therein, thereference numeral 1 designates a longitudinal metallic base'member, thesame having a reduced neck-portion 2 which terminates in a duckbill head3. Oppositely extending arms 4, 4: are formed integral with said basemember, the former being provided with a hook 5 and the latter having ahook or like device 6 for connecting a flexible strap-member thereto.Said strap-member comprises a chain 7 preferably having oblong links, towhich is secured a coil-spring 8 the terminal ring or loop 9 of which isadapted to fit over said hook 5 and hold the device on a container inthe position shown in Fig. 1. Said flexible strap is of course shorter,for example one-half inch shorter, than the gap along the periphery of arecord container which exists between the opposing free ends of arms 4,4. Suitable barbs 10 are formed at intervals on the arms and base-memberin order to prevent accidental displacement of the clasp when applied toa record container, such as A for example.

A clip-member which is arched at one Specification of Letters Patent.P555 3 end 11 andupturned-at the other end lil'is rice.

ted Dec. 2'7, 1921; Application filed November 4,1921. Serial no.512,755. 4

pivotally secured to said base-member by J means of a V-shaped leafspring-member 13 that pro ectsthrough apertures a, a and 7),

in the base and clip-members respectively and has inturned or upset ends14, 14'. In-

turned lugs 15 cooperate with said barbs 10 in preventing displacementof the clasp when in use. -An indicator card holder 16 is formed on theclip-member adjacent the aperture 6 therein and the same serves to receive an identification. card of any desired color or bearing anydesired symbol or legend.

This clasp is not only useful for holding letters and other documents onthe top of the record container while dictating therefrom into thereceiver horn of the dictating machine, but after the record is placedin the container the clasp may be advantageously used to hold the copyused in such dictation 1n order that the typists may have the same forready reference during the reproduction.

of such I record.

Various modifications, within the scope of the appended claims, maybemade without departing from the spirit of my invention as herein setforth. For example the hook 5 may be crimped on the end 9 of said coilspring to permanently hold the said flexible strap and thus facilitatethe adjustment of the proper link of chain '4' over the hook 6,

'since obviously, where the container to which the clasp is to beapplied issmaller than that for which the flexible strap is normallyintended, then one of the intermediate links and not the terminal linkwill be hooked to hook, 6.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byU. S. Letters Patent is:

1. In a clasp for record containers, the combination comprising. abase-member having oppositely disposed arms rigidly con nected theretoand projecting therefrom, an

elastic strap-member adapted to elastically connect the freeends of saidarms and securely hold said clasp in any adjusted position on the outersurface of a container and a movable clip-member, for retaining docu-'ments, movably secured to said base-member intermediate said arms.

2. In a clasp for record containers, the

combination comprising a base-member having oppositely disposed armsrigidly connected thereto and projecting therefrom, an

elastic means comprising chain and spring members adapted to elasticallyconnect the free ends of said arms and securely hold said clasp in anyadjusted position on the outer surface of a container and a movableclip-member, for retaining documents, movably secured to said basemember intermediate said arms.

3. In a clasp for record containers, the combination comprising a basemember having oppositely disposed arms rigidly connected thereto andprojecting therefrom, an elastic strap-memberadapted to elasticallyconnect the free ends of said arms and so curely hold said clasp in anyadjusted position on the outer surface of a container, a movableclip-member, for retaining documents, movably secured to saidbase-member intermediate said arms, and means projecting inwardly fromsaid arms for preventing accidental displacement of said clasp when inany adjusted position on a container.

&. In a clasp for record containers, the combination comprising abase-member having oppositely disposed arms rigidly connected theretoand projecting therefrom, an

elastic strap-member adapted to elastically connect the free ends ofsaid arms and securely hold said clasp in any adjusted position on theouter surface of a container, a movable clipmember, for retaining documents, movably secured to said base-member intermediate said arms andbarbs formed on said arms for preventing accidental displacement of saidclip.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, this 3rd day of November, 1921.

ROBERT GOLDEN.

